Ollama vs Claude Code

FeatureOllamaClaude Code
CategoryLocal AI InfrastructureCoding Assistants
PricingFree (open-source)Pay-per-use (API)
GitHub Stars120,00025,000
PlatformsmacOS, Linux, WindowsmacOS, Linux, Windows
Features
  • ✓ One-command setup
  • ✓ API server
  • ✓ GPU acceleration
  • ✓ Model library
  • ✓ Modelfile
  • ✓ OpenAI-compatible API
  • ✓ Terminal-native
  • ✓ Multi-file editing
  • ✓ Git integration
  • ✓ Codebase reasoning
  • ✓ Tool use
  • ✓ MCP support
Tags
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